Postoperative re-perfusion of drained blood in patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty: Is it effective and cost-efficient?

Acta Orthopaedica Belgica

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 18-23

  Kirkos, John M ^a   Krystallis, Christos Th ^b   Konstantinidis, Panayotis A ^b   Papavasiliou, Kyriakos A ^a,c   Kyrkos, Margaritis J ^a   Ikonomidis, Lazaros G ^b  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b Kilkis General Hospital   (Greece)

^c NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Autologous transfusion; Blood drainage; Blood salvage; Cost effectiveness

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD AUTOTRANSFUSION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FEVER; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERFUSION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; BLOOD TRANSFUSION, AUTOLOGOUS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33644915071     PISSN: 00016462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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